Bag-holder.



Witnesses R. D. WIRT.

BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 001224, 1910 1,012,495. Patented De0.19,1911.

Z9 2 1/ 7 -9 6 I "Z9 31 J0 2B Z7 ZJ Inventor W Attorneys REUBEN D. WIRT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BAG-HOLDER.

Specification 01 Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

Original application filed July 29, 1910, Serial No. 574,498. Divided and this application filed October 24,

To all whom it may concern:

lle it known that I. llmnnn D. her, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia. in. the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania. have invented a new and useful Bag-Holder; of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for bolding bags and the like such used. for example. upon carts of that type commonly employed by street cleaners.

The application is a division of an appli cation filed by me on July 25), 1910, Serial No. 574,498.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide novel means for supporting a bag or the like with its upper end wide open and in position to be readily filled.

A further object is to provide a. holder of this type which will engage and hold the bag without the necessity of utilizing prongs or similar devices tending to mutilate the receptacle.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of a bag holder constructed in accordance with the present invention, the parts being shown in a normal position. Fig. 2 is a. view partly in side elevation and partly in section of the holder. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on line AB Fig. 2.

Referring to. the figures by characters of reference 24 designates a platform of any preferred construction andhas a channeled standard 25 secured to the center portion thereof and extending perpendicularly from *2 platform. This standard is engaged by a'post 26 which is adjustably secured therein and has its upper end bent backwardly as at 27 and secured between spaced plates 28. Curved levers 29 are fulcrumed between the end portions of these plates and the front end of each lever has an ear 30 projecting upwardly and secured to the middle portion Serial No. 588,779.

of an areuate jaw 31. The two jaws are oppositely disposed. The rear ends of the levers are connected by a spring 32 which serves to draw said ends toward each other and to keep the jaws 31 normally spread apart. It is to be understood that the rear ends of the lovers extend beyond the plates 28 and thus constitute handles which can be grasped.conveniently to facilitate the movement of the jaws toward each other when it is desired to place a bag upon or to remove it from the jaws. It will be apparent that should one of the jaws 31 be swung toward the other jaw. spring 32 will tend to swing the opposed lever. both of the jaws being thus moved laterally relative to the support ZS--26. In order to limit this swinging movement of the arms, the extension 27 is projected between the plates 28 and into the paths of the straight portions ofthe levers 29.

In using the holder the upper or open end of a. bag is placed between the jaws 31 and one portion of the bag is wrapped about one of the jaws and is tucked between the jaw and the areuate portion of the adjacent lever 29. The other jaw 31 is then drawn toward the bag and a portion of the bag is wrapped around the aw and tucked between itand the adjacent lever. During this swinging movement of the jaw its lever 29 pulls on the spring 32 which, in turn pulls on the other lever 29 and moves it against the rearwardlv extending terminal 27 of the standard. said terminal thus serving as a stop. After opposed portions of the upper edge of the bag have been connected to the two jaws. the said jaws are released and the spring 32 will draw them apart so as to cause the. folds of the bag to. be tightly bound upon the jaws on which they are wrapped.

' The bag will thus he supported with its bottom resting on the platform. Importance is attached to the fact that the jaws are arranged above the plane occupied by thelevers 29 as it is thus possible to easily tuck the side portions of the. bag between the jaws and the adjacent curved portions of the levers. it being unnecessary to employ pro or the like which would tendto tour e fabric.

\Vhat is claimed is:-

A bag holder including a support having an angularlv extended upper terminal. a plate secured at its center to the terminal and extending transversely thereof, oppositely disposed curved levers having rear terminal portions fulcrumed on the projecting ends of the plate, a spring interposed between and connecting the free ends of said terminal portions, upstanding projections at the other ends of the levers, and op ositely dis osed arcuate jaws supported etween their ends by said projections, the rear por lotions of the levers being movable against the terminal of the su port to limit the swinging movement of t e levers relative to the support.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my slgnature 15 in the presence of two Witnesses.

REUBEN D. VVIRT. Witnesses:

Anson B. EVANS, CHARLES K. JOHNSON. 

